Psalms 34:14

34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! ¹ 

Strive for peace and promote it! ² 

Psalms 119:176

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ³ 

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

[34:14]  ¹ tn Or “do good.”

[34:14]  ² tn Heb “seek peace and pursue it.”

[119:176]  ³ tn Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).